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angio-edema

angio-edema is the alternative form of angioedema.

Meaning of angioedema

Noun

angioedema (usually uncountable, plural angioedemas)

  1. (usually) Swelling of the lower layers of the skin, often around the mouth, or of the mucosa or submucosa of the mouth or throat, which can appear quickly in response to an allergen or due to other conditions.
    • Angioedema of the throat can cause suffocation and should be treated as a medical emergency.
    Synonyms:
    Quincke's edema

Forms of angio-edema

pluralangio-edemas

Questions about angio-edema

What is angio-edema the alternative form of?
Angio-edema is the alternative form of angioedema.

Words near angio-edema in the dictionary

  1. angio-
  2. angio-access
  3. angio-accesses
  4. angio-CT
  5. angio-CTs
  6. angio-edema
  7. angio-oedema
  8. angio-œdema
  9. angioaccess
  10. angioaccesses
  11. angioadaptation

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